OpenAI's US data job postings stated a median base salary of $314K across 132 postings from the last year. Machine learning engineer postings stated the most, a median of $402K.
Base pay OpenAI stated in its own US job postings, first seen since November 2025, one posting per title, at the midpoint of each range. The typical range is the middle of the low ends and of the high ends it stated. These are pay ranges in job ads, not what anyone was paid. Updated . How we count